The Renaissance
Artists
& Authors
Giotto
Giotto
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Known for fresco
paintings.
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creating illusion of
depth, and realistic
emotion.
Giotto: ascension
Giotto: Mourning
of christ
Giotto: The Adoration of
the Magi
Ghiberti
Goldsmith.
Winning Entry.
Bronze Doors of
Baptistery
Brunelleshi
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Dome of the
Cathedral in Florence
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First since Roman
times
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2 times as high as
Hagia Sophia
Donatello:
Donatello
•Created
bronze, 3 ft.
statue of
“David”
•Most works included statues
of men on horseback
Donatello:
Statue of
St. George
Masaccio
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“Father of Modern Painting”
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Created perspective in paintings
Masaccio: The Tribute
Masaccio:
Virgin and
Child with
St. Anne
Masaccio:
The
Expulsion
from Eden
Michelangelo
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Studied sculpture in Florence under the
Medici family
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Created Masterpieces in sculpture,
painting, and architecture.
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One of the Renaissance’s most famous
artists.
Michelangelo
Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at Pope’s request
Michelangelo
Later returned to
paint walls of the
chapel with titles like,
“Last Judgement”
Michelangelo
Pieta - Virgin Mary with a
dying Jesus
David - Biblical character
that fought Goliath
Raphael
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Painter that was
commissioned by the
Pope to create
murals for the walls
of his private library.
Raphael: School of Athens
Raphael: Portrait of Pope
Julius
Leonardo da Vinci
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Famous artist of the
Renaissance
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Known for sketches,
paintings, and
inventions
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Created world’s most
recognized painting
Leonardo da Vinci
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Inventor: Here
shows sketches of
ideas like flying
machines, and
parachutes
Leonardo: The Last Supper
Leonardo: The Mona Lisa
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Who is it?
Face changes
emotion
No eyebrows
Is she pregnant?
Dante
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“The Divine Comedy”
Poetry
Vernacular
Petrach
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Sonnets in honor of
Laura
Imitated Cicero
Machiavelli
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“The Prince”
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Book of
Politics/Governing